Pilli Alfred James

Professor[6]
P. Alfred James
Ph.D. (Osmania)[5]
Born(1931-08-17)17 August 1931[5]
Narasapur,[5] Andhra Pradesh
Died3 May 1983(1983-05-03) (aged 51)[5]
Warangal, Telangana
Resting placeChristian Cemetery, Hanumakonda
17°59′17.5″N 79°33′00.1″E / 17.988194°N 79.550028°E / 17.988194; 79.550028
NationalityIndian
Other namesPilli Alfred James,P. A. James[7]
CitizenshipIndian
EducationB. Sc. Honours (Andhra),[5]
M. A. (Nagpur),
LL.B.[5] (Nagpur),
Ph.D.[3] (Osmania)
Alma materAndhra University, Waltair (Andhra Pradesh)[5]
Nagpur University, Nagpur (Maharashtra),
Osmania University, Secunderabad (Telangana)
Known forBuilding up Kakatiya University[5]
AwardsAndhra Pradesh State Best Teacher Award (1980)[1]
Scientific career
FieldsPublic administration
InstitutionsWarangal (Telangana)
Thesis
  • Municipal administration in Andhra Pradesh[2]
Doctoral advisorM. A. Muthalib[3][4]
Other academic advisorsM. P. Sharma[5]

P. Alfred James (1931–1983)[5] was an Indian Academic,[9] best known for his association with the Kakatiya University,[10] a State-run University u/s 2 (f) of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956 where he was Professor and Head of the Department of Public Administration in the 1970s.[1] He was also a member of the Indian Institute of Public Administration[11] in which he was an active member, chairing sessions of its annual workshops. The Institute condoled his sudden death in 1983.[12] As part of his research forte, he also used to contribute his writings (see section on writings below) to many journals and was also a book reviewer in the Indian Journal of Public Administration.[13]

It was only in 1976 that the Kakatiya University was founded in Warangal with Kailasa Venkata Ramiah as the first Vice-Chancellor. The faculty were much inspired to take their respective departments to new heights by improvising on the academics and contributed much towards scholarship.[14] The public administration department was one such faculty which gave impetus to new Scholars.[15] Alfred James broke new ground[15] in research and mentored[14] many Scholars.[16]

Alfred James had a cross-cultural academic record studying in three different universities and had been guided and mentored by various Scholars. The Old Testament Scholar, E. C. John, a recipient of the prestigious Alexander von Humboldt Foundation research fellowship in the 1960s wrote that it had been a tradition[17] in Germany for students to study in as many universities as possible under different Scholars and deepen their understanding and inculcate a sense of scholarship.[18] Such has been the academic pursuit of Alfred James, that he had not only been a Scholar in north India studying under able Scholars, but also studied in south India and gained profound knowledge and a flair for research from his Professors. Later on in his career, he could easily relate himself in national proceedings in matters of public administration where his contribution has been substantial.[8]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference UPSC was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Itihas, Volume 5, 1977, p.xxiii
  3. ^ a b P. Samuel Sudhakar (Compiled), Centenary Birth Celebrations of Pitta Samuel, Self-published by the author, Kothagudem, 2011.
  4. ^ Bulletin of Research Theses and Dissertations, Issue 5, National Archives of India, New Delhi, 1966, p.95.[1]
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j M. Kistaiah (Edited), Public policy and administration: Essays in memory of Prof. P.A. James, Sterling Publishers, New Delhi, 1986.[2]
  6. ^ Universities Handbook: India, Volume 21, 1979, p.431
  7. ^ Report on the All India Seminar on Examination and Other Educational Reforms, 3rd & 4th January 1981, The Board of Intermediate Education, Hyderabad, 1981, p.53.[3]
  8. ^ a b R. N. Sharma, Devendra Kumar (Compiled), Municipal government in India: An annotated Bibliography, Indian Institute of Public Administration, New Delhi, 1981.[4]
  9. ^ Commonwealth Universities Yearbook, Issues 3–4, 1984, p.1612
  10. ^ Universities Handbook: India, Volume 22, 1984, p.372
  11. ^ Indian Institute of Public Administration, Twenty-fifth annual report 1978-1979, 1979. [5]
  12. ^ Indian Institute of Public Administration, Annual Report presented to the Annual Meeting of the General Body of the Institute, 1983, p.20.[6]
  13. ^ The Indian Journal of Public Administration, Volume 26, 1980, p.204.[7]
  14. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Yojana was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  15. ^ a b Two-day National Seminar, Building Positive Employment Relations in India: The Way Forward, 2013.[8][9]
  16. ^ Teaching and research in public administration in India: papers presented at the Workshop on Teaching and Research in Public Administration in India held at S.V. University, Tirupati, in February 1980, Sri Venkatesvara University, Tirupati, 1980, p.19.[10]
  17. ^ Yuri D. Tretyakov, Graduate level education in Natalia P. Tarasova (Edited), Quality of Human Resources: Education, Volume II, Eolss publishers, Oxford, 2009, p.73.[11]
  18. ^ E. C. John (with Juliane Hanna John nee Ehrenberg), To Tell of the Struggle is a Struggle: Resistance, Protest and Witness during the Third Reich, Self-published by the Authors, Bengaluru, 1999. [12]